Supreme Court stays recruitments in Sindh

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Monday issued stay order against recruitments being made by the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC), ARY News reported.

A bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali heard the suo-moto case over the appointment of the chairman and members of the public service commission.

The court in its order prohibited further appointments till the final verdict on the matter.

The government of Sindh counsel Farooque H Naik while opposing the stay order said that the government has required to appoint doctors in coming days, this order will make the entire system to grinding halt.

“Is there any system in the country?” Justice Khilji Arif Hussain asked the government lawyer. “Fifteen days will not make any difference,” he said.

Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali remarked that an ineligible person has been appointed as the chairman of the public service commission. Government counsel replied that the chairman is not ineligible, he is a government employee for last 20 years.